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The Defi­ance County Fair­grounds will be dec­o­rated this Decem­ber in cel­e­bra­tion of the Christ­mas sea­son. This year will mark the first year of the cel­e­bra­tion at the fair­grounds. On Dec. 6–8 and 12–14 from 6–10 p.m., the pub­lic is wel­come to come on out and visit the first Christ­mas Light …

The vil­lage of Hol­gate is accept­ing bids on the for­mer school prop­erty along Fra­zier Street. There are sev­eral parcels avail­able for pur­chase, and bids are due at the munic­i­pal build­ing by Decem­ber 2nd. Hol­gate Coun­cil will open and review all bids that are received at their next meet­ing, on Decem­ber …

Beth Kelly, a kinder­garten teacher at Pauld­ing Ele­men­tary School, has been named the 2013 Ohio His­tory Teacher of the Year. A vet­eran teacher with nearly 20 years of expe­ri­ence at the pre-K and ele­men­tary level, Kelly grew up in Pauld­ing County and grad­u­ated from Pauld­ing High School. She holds a …

A col­lec­tion is being held for an Oak­wood fam­ily who lost every­thing in a house fire ear­lier this month. Los­ing their rental home to a fire, David and Laura Peters, their three chil­dren and pets are cur­rently liv­ing with a fam­ily mem­ber in Oak­wood. Cooper Com­mu­nity Library is serv­ing as …

The Ful­ton County dog warden’s web­site, www.fultoncountyoh.com/dogwarden, debuted a new sec­tion this week fea­tur­ing pho­tos of dogs avail­able for adop­tion. The page now allows the depart­ment to post pho­tos of lost and avail­able dogs, mak­ing the return of lost ani­mals to their right­ful home — or plac­ing them in new …

The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers had hoped that sev­eral ongo­ing con­struc­tion projects at the his­toric cour­t­house in Napoleon would qual­ify for grant fund­ing. They got some good news Wednes­day. The com­mis­sion­ers learned their pro­posed project to replace the ele­va­tor in the cour­t­house would qual­ify for using revolv­ing loan funds and micro-enterprise …

The Napoleon School Board of Edu­ca­tion has announced a vacancy on the board. It’s a two-year term, that would require the can­di­date to run for re-election at the end of the first two years, if they chose to stay-on. The posi­tion would begin in Jan­u­ary. If you think it sounds …

A woman from Delta woman has been killed in a two-vehicle crash. The Ohio High­way Patrol says 34 year old Melissa Cli­nard was pro­nounced dead at the scene of the crash, which hap­pened Tues­day morn­ing. Police say Cli­nard was headed south on County Road 3 in Swan­creek Town­ship just after …

A law­suit has been filed against the Henry County com­mis­sion­ers by a Napoleon busi­ness­man. Dou­glas Pelmear and Horse Power Sales Net Inc. filed the suit in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court against the com­mis­sion­ers and a list of oth­ers, alleg­ing that paper­work was not prop­erly pre­pared for a $50,000 revolv­ing …

Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs mem­ber Bill Yahraus died Wednes­day at his home. Among his sur­vivors is his wife Judy. Yahraus served in the U.S. Navy for four years and has three sons, Bradley, Jeff and Dan, five grand­chil­dren and three great-grandchildren. In addi­tion to his pub­lic ser­vice, he was …